Petit, John Louis, 1801-1868, Delamotte, Philip Henry, 1821-1889 · London : George Bell · leaf 183
ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES IN FRANCE. G9 where the roofing is composed of a series of domes, and in all French examples that I know from engravings, the arch is pointed; in this cathedral of S. Front, where it is supposed to appear for the first time in France, very obtusely ; in others, … S. Front, Pekigueux. very decidedly. How it comes here, for it does not make its appearance in S. Mark's of Venice, is the question. Perhaps in the first instance it may have been accidental, as requiring less accurate construction ; perhaps it was considered a stronger
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